The Oregon Trail

Overview

In front end web development, the programming language you will encounter most often is JavaScript. Soon, we'll also use HTML and CSS to help a user interact with our applications, however before we do that, we need to understand how to use JavaScript to handle the logic of our applications.

In this project, you'll be gaining experience working with variables, primitive data types, looping, arrays, objects and classes. As you work through the iterations, be sure to take time to stop and refactor you solutions. There is rarely one right way to solve a problem in programming, and part of your job will be evaulating the trade offs between different approaches to solving a problem.

Learning goals

Understand what JavaScript primatives are, and how/when to use them
Understand how to declare variables and assign data to them
Practice using objects
Practice defining and creating classes

Setup

Fork this project to your own Github account
clone the repository to your local machine
cd into the project
run npm install to install the necessary dependencies

Iterations

0: Practice Variables, Primitives, Functions, Arrays, and Objects

In the src/ directory, you'll find a file called 'warm-up.js'. Read through the instructions in the file carefully. The exercises in this file will help you to complete the rest of the iterations

1: Create Gear Class

For the rest of the iterations, you will be working to build out some classes, using a test suite as your guide.
Start with the Part class.
- Unskip the first test in test/part-test.js
- Run npm test test/part-test.js
- Read the error messages CAREFULLY!
- Make the test pass.
Before moving on to the next iteration, take time to refactor your solutions. Is this the best approach to solving the problem? Is there a different way you could make the tests pass?

2: Create Part Class

Unskip the first test in test/part-test.js, and get to work implementing
Run npm test test/part-test.js
Before moving on to the next iteration, take time to refactor your solutions. Is this the best approach to solving the problem? Is there a different way you could make the tests pass?

3: Create Settler Class

Unskip the first test in test/settler-test.js, and get to work implementing
Run npm test test/settler-test.js
Before moving on to the next iteration, take time to refactor your solutions. Is this the best approach to solving the problem? Is there a different way you could make the tests pass?

4: Create Wagon Class

Unskip the first test in test/wagon-test.js, and get to work implementing
Run npm test test/wagon-test.js

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